Completed | Lanie Jenkins knew the three rules of life. Your best friends always come first. Wine goes with any meal. And, most importantly, you NEVER date your brother's best friend. But when Lanie's brother Nate invites his best friend from the Army to their home for the Christmas holiday, the rule book gets thrown out of the window. Ayden Sawyer is unlike anyone Lanie has ever met. He's strong, funny, caring...and he definitely looks good in a uniform. All Lanie's attempts at keeping Ayden at arm's length are crushed when they share one night of passion together. After saying goodbye to Nate and Ayden at the airport, Lanie didn't expect to hear from him ever again. That all changed when she received a letter from Ayden in the mail. Torn between her relationship with her brother and her feelings for Ayden, she decided to write back. What started as a long distance friendship eventually turns into something neither of them saw coming. With thousands of miles between them, Lanie can't do anything but worry when she finds out the two most important men in her life have gone missing. Will Nate and Ayden return home safely? And if they do, will Lanie's brother ever forgive her? Ranked #23 out of 1.68 million in Romance 6/2 Ranked #9 out of 88.9k in Mature! 5/26

Ally thought her world was over when her fiancee called off their wedding the day before Christmas. No excuse, no explanation, no nothing. After spending the holiday week indulging in Nicholas Sparks movies, multiple pints of Ben & Jerry's, and living like a hermit, her best friends convince her to mingle with the masses for New Year's. Trying her best to make it through the crowded streets due to the unavailable taxis, Ally catches the subway headed towards Times Square. When her train breaks down, she wonders what she's done to piss off the universe to deserve this bad luck. While stuck on a subway full of strangers as it gets closer to the New Year, she starts counting down the seconds with the rest of the passengers. Unbeknownst to Ally, when the clock strikes midnight, and she kisses a mysteriously handsome stranger, her whole life is going to change. ONC Prompt 67

Completed | We've all been tempted by the forbidden... When Harper Lewis agreed to marry Ryan Hale to save her family's business, she wasn't expecting to never have an orgasm again. Sure, Ryan was handsome and an all-around good guy, but they lacked that bedroom chemistry. The only way to solve that issue was to have an open relationship...and to follow three simple rules: don't sleep with the same person twice, avoid anyone with ties to the family, and, most importantly, don't catch feelings. When Harper meets a tall and sexy British stranger named Jackson Reese at a bar, she sees no problem with having one night of passion with him. Until the next day at her engagement party when she realizes that not only does Jackson have ties to the family, but he's her fiancée's estranged half-brother. Unable to resist the heated passion between them, Jackson and Harper find themselves caught up in an illicit affair that will change everything. As the wedding day approaches, Harper faces a tough decision. Will she save her family's business by marrying Ryan? Or will she call it off to be with the man she fell in love with?